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Originally Posted by RealLifeMama
That is about right. It would be about $175ish for all the books and manipulatives. It just seems like a lot to me for one subject for one child in elementary school.
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I'm with you on that - I don't think I've ever spent that much on a single subject. (Except the microscope for high school biology.) I used to get annoyed at $50/per kid/year on new math workbooks
. Seconding knitlove that you might want to look for used - I get everything I can used, and that helps keep my costs down.
Is there a reason you are thinking Saxon in particular?
As far as manipulatives for elementary math in general, I really like Cuisenaire rods (I also use them as base-10 blocks, which are very handy to have around). I've also gotten a lot of use out of having a bunch of fake jewels around to use as counters - anything you have a lot of, like pennies or poker chips or lego blocks, would work. Coins and poker chips are also good for place value work.